Improvement in razor-strops



J. R. TORREY. Razor-Strop.

Patented July 2 MPEERS, PHOTD-UTHOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH R. TORREY, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEM ENT IN RAZOR-STROPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 205,512, dated July 2, 1878 g application filed June 13, 1878.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH R. TORREY, of the city and county of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Razor- Strops and Cases; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying' drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l represents a side view of the combined strop and razor case, the razor being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 represents a central section on line AB, Fig. l; and Fig. 3 represents a side view of the strop part withdrawn ready for use, the same being shown in a reverse position to what it occupies in Figs. l and 2 ofthe drawings. I

In Fig. 2 the razor is not shown.

To enable those skilled in the art to which' my invention belongs to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail.

In the drawings, the part marked C represents the main case, which covers the strop, and also receives the box-handle D. E is the strop, which is made with a chamber, F, to receive the razor, which is inserted through the open end G. The outer surface, from a to b, is covered with smooth leather, in this instance, so that it will slip freely in and out of the sheath part H of handle D. Sheath H extends or slips into handle D a sufficient distance, so that it can be properly secured to said handle. In this instance it extends to the point c, and that portion, d, of sheath H which extends beyond handle D serves as an extension of the handle when the strop is used. Consequently it really forms, in combination with the part D, a very convenient and serviceable handle when the strop is in use for properly supporting the strop, even though its outer end is not allowed to rest upon any supporting object.

Those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs will readily perceive that when the razor is placed in position in chamber F, and the parts C, D, E, and H combined together, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, that both the strop and razor are covered and protected, both from the atmosphere and dust, and that, too, in a very neat, secure, and perfect manner.

By my invention the razor and strop occupy but a comparatively small space, and they can be packed and carried in a much more convenient and secure manner than by the old modes of constructing the strop and stropand-razor cases.

The sheath part H, if preferred, can be secured to the strop part E and slipped into the box-handle D when the strop is to be used, or when the parts are to be secured together for protecting the strop and razor from the atmosphere and dust. It will vbe understood that the form of the parts may be varied or changed without de parting from the principle of my invention. As an illustration, the whole could be made square or equal-sided.

It will also be understood that the case, stropframe, and handle may be made of any other suitable material, instead of being made from pasteboard, as in the present instance, and then properly covered with leather where necessary or desirable.

Having described my improvement in razorstrops and cases, what I. claim therein as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with the case C and chambered strop E, of the box-handle D and projecting sheath H, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with the strop E, of the box-handle D and sheath H, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

JOSEPH R. TORREY.

Witnesses Trios. H. DODGE, EDWIN E. MOORE. 

